By the Numbers

The Top Three Baby Names in Hawai‘i, by sexThese were the most popular names in 2004, based on birth certificates from the Hawai‘i State Department of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring.

BOYS1 Joshua
2 Noah
3 Ethan

GIRLS1 Emma
2 Isabella
3 Emily

Brain Drain, Go AwayThe economic slump of the 1990s gave Island residents plenty of reason to move out of state in pursuit of better jobs and wages, leaving Hawai‘i worried that we were losing some of our best and brightest. But a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau confirms that the situation has changed dramatically over the past decade.

11,820The average net number of people leaving Hawai‘i annually (taking into account the number of people who move to the Islands each year) in the 1990s.

2,053The average net number of people leaving Hawai‘i annually from 2000 to 2004.